Please help my leopard gecko is sick because he swallowed some substrate of sand and he’s sick I changed his cage so this problem won’t happen again but their isn’t any reptile vets in my area what else can I do? PLease help I need my leopard gecko o survive!!

You can try soaking him in lukewarm water for 20 minutes while gently massaging his tummy in a downward motion to try and make him poop. Give him plenty of water by dripping it on his snout to keep him hydrated, and you can try giving a drop of mineral oil to lubricate any blockage and increase the odds of him passing it.

Keep him on paper towels so there’s no chance he will ingest anything more, and avoid feeding mealworms as their tough exoskeletons will make things worse.

you should just go to a regular pet store and buy calcium sand. that happend to me and he started eating the calcium sand(its ok if they eat the calcium sand) and he was fine so go to your local pet store and ask if they have calcium sand.

mine was too, in order to help him/her to drink, take a popsicle stick and put it in water. then, donít poke but gently prod at his snout and he should like the water right out of it, if you have mineral oil, soak the stick in that and do the same you did with the water. As a last resort, this popsicle stick can pry open the mouth and you can put a cricket in so the poop will pass.

I donít know about putting in the cricket... If the poop canít come out, it could just get stuck and cause something inside to rupture... My Firebellied Toad has accidentally eaten rocks before, and, Iím not even trying to be funny with this, Iím -completely serious-, Iíve put a book or something with text at the glass, left it overnight, and come back to him staring at it and the blockage to be gone.. It may just be coincidence, but itís worked multiple times.

i have just aquired a lepard gecko that is very skinny in comparison to all my others, the whole body and tail are very skinny she doesnt look very good how would i know if she is impacted or has another problem ? the vet is far away from where i live and i noticed that she eats a couple crickets every once in awhile, please help